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Mitchell S

Great resort for the price.

Reviewed Jan 2, 2020
My wife and I stayed 12 days over Christmas and New Year's. We stayed in the Adults Only section. We had a great time. The adults section have their own restaurant for breakfast, lunch and 6-7 for dinner. We never waited more than 5 minutes. The crew at this restaurant were great. They remembered us and what we liked for drinks and breakfast. They did an excellent job. Thank You, Virginia, Isidro, Carlos, Damian, Enrique, Abundio, and Victor for a great vacation. Remember to tip these people. They work hard to make your stay enjoyable show them some appreciation for their hard work. We tip $5 for each meal, $1 for every drink and $5 for the person who cleaned our room. Get $200 in $1 bills and $200 in $5 before you go. Tipping helps you get great service.
Another thing we liked about the adults only section is there are plenty of chairs, towels and they keep the drinks coming by the pool. We were there in high season and we never had to worry about the chairs, towels or drinks. There is an adults only section on the beach as well. This is definitely the place to be as it is less crowded and less noisy. Our room wasn't fancy,but it was clean and the fridge was always stocked. We don't spend much time in our room so it doesn't need to be fancy. There is a lot of jungle with wildlife, monkeys, birds and other critters to see. Because you are in the middle of a jungle, bring plenty of bug spray. We like Jungle Juice from REI.
We have been to 7 different resorts in Mexico over the past 13 years. If you want a 5 star resort, this isn't it. We have been to 5 star resorts. This is our second time to this one. We will be back, this is a great resort for the price.
Thanks for a great vacation.
Mitchell
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Date of stay: December 2019
Trip type: Travelled with family
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Sandos_Playacar, Web Relations Manager at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort, responded to this review
Responded Jan 3, 2020
Hi Mitchell,

Thanks for having taken the time to share your comments and opinions of your stay with us at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort. We really appreciate hearing about our Guests experiences and we will be forwarding them to our Management for their review.

Rest assured that we will let Virginia, Isidro, Carlos, Damian, Enrique, Abundio, Victor & Rei know of the praises you sent their way.

We look forward to welcoming you back at your earliest convenience.

Always at your service!

Warren B
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Sandos Caracol Eco Resort
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Reviewed January 1, 2020

This resort is a blast, right in the middle of the jungle, there are animals everywhere, lots of great food and entertainment. My favourite part about this resort was the 8am yoga class with Juan Carlos, I looked forward to getting up early every morning and learning from an awesome mentor. He is a true yogi, with so much to teach and very easy to talk to. They should advertise this yoga more as there is only a handful of people each day in class, but so many people would benefit from his wisdom! He taught me so much more then yoga and I can’t wait to hopefully learn from his again one day !

Date of stay: December 2019
Trip type: Travelled with family
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Sandos_Playacar, Web Relations Manager at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort, responded to this reviewResponded January 1, 2020

Hi Inspiration677477,

Thanks for having taken the time to share your comments and opinions of your stay with us at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort. We really appreciate hearing about our Guests experiences and we will be forwarding them to our Management for their review.

Rest assured that we will let Juan Carlos know of the praises you sent his way.

We look forward to welcoming you back at your earliest convenience.

Always at your service!

Happy New Year!

Warren B
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Reviewed January 1, 2020 via mobile

Booked this resort with 4 rooms with Sunwing in August for Dec 17-24 with 10 people as my daughter went in 2018. This resort is rated as a 4 star but all our rooms were lower than a one star! Very dirty, very old, one daughters room stank like sewage, one toilet didn’t flush, and ran continuously. The pull out couch had sheets on it that were either blood stained or stains from bed bugs. We all had to fumigate our luggage and clothing when we got home!!!!!No amount of complaints were acknowledged by either the resort or Sunwing. The front desk staff were totally rude and the customer service desk is a sham for time share sales! You will pay 4 star prices for a 1 star operation. Food in the international restaurant Buffett was recycled at least 3-4 days. Cost cutting is everywhere and it shows! Go somewhere else and you will not get food poisoning and come home with strange rashes and stomach problems!!!!! Do not book with Sunwing as they are booking the oldest rooms and will not stand behind their product! This is the room and couch as well as a cloth I wiped a tiny section of the floor with AFTER the cleaning crew was supposed to have washed the floors. It never happened! Rash on back of legs 1 week after coming home! Oh and cockroaches!!

Date of stay: January 2020
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Sandos_Playacar, Web Relations Manager at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort, responded to this reviewResponded January 2, 2020

Hi Mitzi P,

Thanks for having taken the time to share your comments and opinions of your stay with us at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort. While your comments are not typical of the large majority of our Guests experiences, we will be forwarding them to our Management for their review.

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Warren B
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Reviewed December 31, 2019

This is the first and not the only time we are visiting this beauitul resort. We want to thank to concierge department to help us set our dinner with petals. Thank you Adrian to help me to find my bag lost in the restaurant la laguna. Antonio thank you for your help and tips for the shopping tour and also for the other members of concierge . Isabel, Veronica and Ekaterina. We hope to come back again with our husband's family they could not come with us hope next time.

Room tip: come with some credit cards and phone numbers
Date of stay: December 2019
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Sandos_Playacar, Web Relations Manager at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort, responded to this reviewResponded January 2, 2020

Hi M9523TAwaynew,

Thanks for having taken the time to share your comments and opinions of your stay with us at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort. We really appreciate hearing about our Guests experiences and we will be forwarding them to our Management for their review.

Rest assured that we will let Adrian, Antonio, Isabel, Veronica & Ekaterina know of the praises you sent their way.

We look forward to welcoming you back at your earliest convenience.

Always at your service!

Warren B
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Sandos Caracol Eco Resort

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Reviewed December 31, 2019

My wife and I stayed at Sandos Caracol December 8-15.
This is our third time and we absolutely love this resort.

We bought the vacation for our 10 year anniversary, so we upgraded to a Select Club Penthouse (7324) - it was worth it, and we will likely do the same for future visits. The room was spacious, clean and cool. We had a large balcony with a tub, that looked into the jungle that was both peaceful and exciting - we had many birds, coatis, Spider monkeys and more pass through every day.

The Staff is amazing, we were greeted by Isobel, who had recognized us from previous visits - she was kind and gave us updates about restaurants times, the shows, etc.
Alejandro was at the front desk and checked us in quickly. He also helped us out a couple of times throughout the week.

While we mostly go on vacation to do nothing, there is plenty to do on resort. Water Park for those who have kids, great shows every night, including live entertainment after the themed shows. One activity that we did was the sensory experience with Viri and Jair. It was really impactful for my wife.

Great beautiful beach to walk along - It is pretty rocky (which is fun to explore, but if you are looking to swim I suggest water shoes. We could always find chairs to relax on at the beach, we also enjoyed the hammocks near the select club beach.

Food - Biggest thanks to all of the team at the select club/Brazilian restaurant - our server for most mornings was Carlos, he did a great job. We enjoyed the food at all of the a la carte restaurants.

We will be back again!

Room tip: If you are travelling without children, stay in the select club.
Date of stay: December 2019
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Web_Sandos, Web Relations Manager at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort, responded to this reviewResponded December 31, 2019

Hi Joel,

Happy Anniversary and Happy New Year!

Thanks for having taken the time to share your comments and opinions of your stay with us at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort. We really appreciate hearing about our Guests experiences and we will be forwarding them to our Management for their review.

Rest assured that we will let Alejandro, Viri, Jair and Carlos know of the praises you sent their way.

We look forward to welcoming you back at your earliest convenience.

Always at your service!

Warren B
Web Relations Manager
Sandos Caracol Eco Resort

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Reviewed December 31, 2019 via mobile

We spent a glorious week at Sandos dec 4-10. There’s so much to do at the resort for all ages. Couple of pools to choose from, water park, bike ride through the resort, feeding the farm animals, learning about ancient Mayan cooking, just to name a few. Only down side is how rocky it is at the beach into the water but an easy fix would be to bring water shoes (not good for people with walking handicap) however you do get full access to a sister resort that has a better beach area(we didn’t go).
I have to take the time to acknowledge a few people who went above and beyond. Firstly Marco Diaz, I cannot say thank you enough for making sure our stay was nothing short of perfect. From the second he greeted us with his welcoming smile till the moment we headed out, he was wonderful! He was attentive to our needs (without having to ask), guided us with any questions or concerns and made us all feel like part of his family! We would visit again just to see him :)
Thank you to Lizetn and Victoria who made sure our room was clean and stocked, Louisa and Victor at the international buffet who greeted us daily and made sure we had everything we needed. Thank you to all the staff for a memorable stay.

Date of stay: December 2019
Trip type: Travelled with family
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Web_Sandos, Web Relations Manager at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort, responded to this reviewResponded December 31, 2019

Hi Azadamal,

Thanks for having taken the time to share your comments and opinions of your stay with us at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort. We really appreciate hearing about our Guests experiences and we will be forwarding them to our Management for their review.

Rest assured that we will let Marco Diaz, Lizetn, Victoria, Louisa & Victor know of the praises you sent their way.

We look forward to welcoming you back at your earliest convenience.

Always at your service!

Warren B
Web Relations Manager
Sandos Caracol Eco Resort

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